myosin
/ˈmaɪ.oʊsɪn/noun
myosin is spelled M-Y-O-S-I-N: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, myosin means “Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of myosin is myosins.
How many letters and syllables are in myosin?
| Letters | 6: M-Y-O-S-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is myosin?
Myosin appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce myosin?
- /ˈmaɪ.oʊsɪn/
Myosin has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-myosin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with myosin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as myosin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: simony.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of myosin
- myosins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does myosin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.
- 2
An albuminous body present in dead muscle formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Myosin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense motor protein:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does myosin come from?
From myo- (“relating to muscle”), and Ancient Greek μυός (muós), genitive of μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + -in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).